Converse of object

• decorate: The town produced a range of metal goods from brass weights to garniture for decorating the mantelpieces of the wealthy.

• clutter: Plants and souvenirs from their travels clutter the mantelpieces and bookshelves, giving Galvelmore House a lived in and loved feeling.

• carve: The old house was demolished and some elements, including the carved oak mantelpiece and paneling were incorporated into the new building.

Preposition: in

• room: These included the mantelpieces in each room and the perfectly molded cornices and door frames.

Adjective modifier

• wooden: Library: 29 sq m. Original oak flooring, built in period bookcase and fireplace with wooden mantelpiece.

Modifies a noun

• ornament: The innocuous worlds of mantelpiece ornaments and the decorative arts are turned upside down creating forms that are both witty and disturbing.

Noun used with modifier

• marble: The ashes of a fire showed beyond rusty bars of the grate under a black marble mantelpiece.

• oak: On the left was a large, deep fireplace, with a massive, over-hanging oak mantelpiece.

• room: A splendid Luca [ sic - Andrea ] della Robbia ( now the drawing room mantelpiece ) was also secured, for thirty pounds.